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nonorganic en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + organic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of food, usually) Not organic.
   • Banned are newspapers and books, noncotton clothing, after-shave lotions and deodorants, all nonorganic or processed foods[…]. 1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader:
   • Shepard: What else do you know about the geth? Ashley Williams: Just what I remember from history class back in school. They're synthetics. Non-organic life-forms with limited AI programming created by the quarians a few centuries ago. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:

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inorganic

nonorganic en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + organic.

Meanings

1. An item, material, etc. that is not organic.

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